City Agenda

The St. Augustine City Commission's regular meeting is set for Monday at 4 p.m. in the Alcazar Room at City Hall, 75 King St.

For information, call 825-1006.

The agenda includes the following items:

Public hearing on Ordinance 2002-17, providing incentive for the preservation and redevelopment of city structures listed on the Florida Master Site File. City Manager Bill Harriss said this ordinance is the "first significant legislation in years designed to help historic preservation." The ordinance will, among other things, prohibit the tearing down of a building more than 50 years old without the permission of the Historic Architectural Review Board. Previously, without HARB permission, a property owner can wait six months and tear down the building anyway. Now, the owner must wait 12 months, and he also loses his grandfathered status.

A previously tabled public hearing and appeal of a Planning and Zoning Board decision relative to 101 La Quinta Place, which is owned by Norbert Tuseo. The board denied a request to allow rental of this residential property for periods of less than one week. An appeal of this decision was filed June 4.

Presentation by Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine regarding the Ghosts and Gravestones Tours.

Request by the local Disabled American Veterans Chapter 6 to operate a handicapped horse-drawn carriage. DAV president Edith Look said she has the backing of the county's Veterans Council and Homeless Coalition, as well as the VFW to operate a donation-only service for handicapped persons.

City staff recommendation is to "research the matter and report back regarding need and service to the community." But the staff recommendation also says the city has limited the number of permits to 46 for safety reasons and all of those have been issued to current operators.